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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hispanic Connection Of Southern Indiana Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 481302569
IN · NTEE A20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lillian Rose, Executive Director / CEO ($42,016) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 319 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lillian Rose — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

319 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 319 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$267 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,527 $42,016
$8,16310th
$23,73125th
$42,748Median
$60,73875th
$74,45390th
$42,016This org · 50th
p10$8,163
p25$23,731
p50$42,748
p75$60,738
p90$74,453
$42,016

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to IN cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Emerge Cda Inc ID$291,699 Executive Director $41,358 $41,720 2024
Kc Fringe Festival Inc MO$291,863 Executive Director $50,014 $50,232 2024
Western Ny Book Arts Collaborative Inc NY$289,491 Executive Dir. $53,000 $46,756 2023
Studio Ace CA$289,356 Director $50,000 $42,151 2023
Berwin Art Education Center NJ$288,494 President $63,000 $54,914 2023
Brazilian Cultural Arts Center Of Santa Barbara CA$288,472 Presidentceo $34,500 $29,084 2023
Newaygo County Council For The Arts Inc MI$293,520 Executive Director $45,497 $44,531 2024
Imagination Fort Worth TX$287,534 Executive Director $68,735 $67,125 2023
Arts Empowerment Project Inc NC$286,962 Ceo $50,000 $50,438 2023
Suntan Art Center Inc FL$286,604 Co-director $20,254 $18,043 2024
Ballet Of York County SC$295,261 Artistic /Studio Director $52,738 $52,172 2024
Mccoy Rigby Arts Inc CA$286,386 President $14,280 $12,038 2023
Makeshift WA$286,163 Executive Director $20,825 $17,680 2024
Center For International Performance & Exhibition IL$295,759 Executive Director $27,202 $25,359 2024
Funoon NY$295,886 Executive Director $75,556 $66,655 2023
International Network Of Creatives FL$285,495 President/di $115,962 $103,301 2024
Sones De Mexico Ensemble IL$296,215 Executive Dir. $40,000 $38,391 2023
Venture Lititz Inc PA$296,445 Executive Director $65,531 $61,969 2024
Le Mondo MD$285,096 Executive Director $59,808 $54,589 2023
Wombwork Productions Inc MD$285,003 Executive Dir. $40,455 $35,865 2024
Outspokane WA$284,055 Executive Director $70,000 $59,429 2024
Springfield Contemporary Theatre Inc MO$297,882 President $6,000 $5,870 2025
Saline County Ag Society Inc NE$297,926 President $3,125 $3,187 2024
Bee Cave Arts Foundation TX$283,079 Board President $340 $332 2023
The Bridge Pai VA$299,056 Chief Execut $58,731 $53,774 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to IN cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Lillian Rose) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 319 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,016 is reasonable (approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.